Amanita virosa

species of fungus
Taxon taxon Q472817
Amanita virosa
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Summary

Amanita virosa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,324 views/month, #1,504 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Amanita[4]
  • Taxon name: Amanita virosa[5]
  • Commons category: Amanita virosa[6]
  • Hymenium type: lamella[7]
  • Mushroom cap shape: convex mushroom cap[8]
  • Hymenium attachment: free hymenium attachment[9]
  • Stipe character: ring and volva stipe[10]
  • Spore print color: white[11]
  • Mushroom ecological type: mycorrhiza[12]
  • Edibility: deadly mushroom[13], medicinal mushrooms[14]
  • Taxon synonym: Amanita virosa var. levipes[15], Agaricus virosus Fr. (illegit.)[16]
  • Short name: A. virosa[17]
  • Taxon common name: angel angau[18], 鱗柄白鵝膏[19], Kleverige knolamaniet[20], muchomůrka jízlivá[21], Amanite vireuse[22], أمانيت سام[23], Бяла мухоморка[24], Snehvid Fluesvamp[25], Kegelhütiger Knollenblätterpilz[26], European destroying angel[27], amanita maloliente, cicuta fétida, oronja cheposa[28], Valge kärbseseen[29], Hegyeskalapú galóca[30], ドクツルタケ[31]
  • Taxon author citation: Bertill. (1866)[32]
  • Taxon range: Hainan[33]

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Identifiers

Amanita virosa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 58685[34]. Amanita virosa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 78357[35]. Amanita virosa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1029751[36]. Amanita virosa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5240323[37].

Why It Matters

Amanita virosa has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Naturbasen species id → 2075/snehvid-fluesvamp
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Naturbasen species id: 2075/snehvid-fluesvamp, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/321115627|Amanita virosa (#321115627)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8386"
  2. 6w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Spore print color → white
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    Instance of → taxon
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tt */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/50260|batch #50260]]"
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